Sentences with phrase «against legislation pushed»
But the Democratic - controlled Senate voted against legislation pushed by the president that would have expanded background checks for firearm purchases to gun shows and online sales.
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But Congress has pushed back against the federal wage increase, with legislation to increase the minimum wage to $ 10.10 an hour stalling in the Senate last April.
But Congress has pushed back hard against the federal wage increase, with legislation to increase the minimum wage to $ 10.10 an hour stalling in the Senate last April.
Salesforce came in and pushed the governor of Georgia up against a wall over a anti-gay legislation, and this week, Apple, Google and Facebook are among the companies putting serious pressure on North...
According to Re / Code, Cuban said at the conference he would, however, not be opposed to Congress pushing through legislation that prohibits cable companies from discriminating against certain websites.
These pushes completely ignore the fact that organizations like the American Bar Association, the Centers for Disease Control, the Humane Society, and more are against such legislation for various reasons.
So why isn't the evangelical community pushing for legislation against divorcees?
But until there is an honest attempt by lawmakers to delineate the tens of thousands of hosts who are responsibly sharing their space and the few bad actors who take advantage of the system, we remain committed to pushing back against any legislation that solely aims to frighten hardworking New Yorkers.»
As hundreds of advocates rallied in Albany against climate change and to push Gov. Andrew Cuomo to do more on the issue, his office announced legislation on Monday that would institute a statewide ban on single - use plastic bags by 2019.
New York Democrats launched an advertising campaign to push back against the federal tax legislation.
Cuomo has launched a new front in the push against the health care legislation in Congress, knocking an effort to shift county Medicaid costs to the state level as a «tax» imposed by Reps. Chris Collins and John Faso, the GOP authors of the legislation.
It is now thought almost half of Tory backbenchers will vote against the proposals when the government pushes legislation through the Commons in the new year.
In Connecticut a group of mostly Democratic lawmakers announced on Monday that they are introducing legislation to push back against anti-abortion proposals.
Todd also has led the fight in the Assembly against the BDS movement, pushing legislation to prohibit businesses that do business with New York from boycotting Israel.
«Until there is an honest attempt by lawmakers to delineate the tens of thousands of hosts who are responsibly sharing their space and the few bad actors who take advantage of the system, we remain committed to pushing back against any legislation that solely aims to frighten hardworking New Yorkers,» he said.
«32BJ is standing with its allies in the NY Taxi Workers Alliance, which includes Uber drivers, Taxi and Green cab drivers, against the legislation Uber is pushing in Albany to create on - off insurance for app - based car service drivers,» said 32BJ president Hector Figueroa in a statement.
Sen. Audrey Gibson, a Democrat poised to lead her caucus next Legislative Session, offered a look at the realities of pushing legislation when the numbers work against your party.
Collins championed the public sharing of genome data and pushed for legislation to protect people against discrimination based on their genes.
On July 11, 2016, Myron Ebell attended private, undisclosed meetings held by the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) in Colorado to coordinate on defending ExxonMobil and push back against climate change legislation.
The report was created as a push - back against ever - changing state legislation that mandates «top - down rules and regulations in education,» Cavallo said.
They worked to push legislation into the hands of the appropriate committee that would eventually unanimously vote, in April of 2012, against the practice of dentistry outside the supervision of a licensed veterinarian.
There will be no dog events for any dogs, purebred or mixed if people do not see the tactics being used against us and the legislation that is getting pushed through in local communities, state, and federal government levels.
The stakes also are huge for Obama, who has little chance of pushing major climate legislation through a divided Congress but has vowed to take meaningful action against emissions that raise carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.
Peabody, which operates three coal mines in the Powder River Basin, has argued against climate change legislation at the national and international level, pushing instead for coal gasification and carbon sequestration technologies, under the name clean coal.
ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) is an example where even some RINOs and Tea Party members are pushing back against ALEC's «cookie cutter drafted legislation» (one size fits all) to push back and even eliminate renewable energy efforts.
«It's a crime against humanity,» Senator Loren Legarda, who chairs the country's Senate Finance Committee and has pushed through new legislation on climate change and energy, told the BBC.
Myron Ebell attended private, undisclosed meetings held by the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) in Colorado to coordinate on defending ExxonMobil and push back against climate change legislation.
More than half of the states have filed legislation to push back against the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Power Plan (CPP).
Michael scored two landmark rulings in Federal Court in Ayres v. USAA Casualty Insurance Company and Cunningham v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company, pushing back against insurers improperly applying changes to Florida's sinkhole legislation.
Advocacy groups such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving, MADD, pushed for tougher legislation of those convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
McLean also pushed SBAND take an official position opposing Shared Parenting Legislation despite SBAND's one year - old policy against such positions and despite the fact that similar actions two years earlier resulted in SBAND being sued in Federal court.